Sheet-metal wheel.



1. F. REYNOLDS. SHEET METAL WHEEL. APPLICATIION FILED NOV. \3. 193.

' Patented May 30,1916. ins-suit;

"UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

J'OHNI. REYNOLDS, or CLE ELAND, OHIO, :A'SSIG-NOR or ONE-THIRD TO W. 11:. out

AND ONE-THIRD TO. A. s vrrrn, Born 01: CLEVELAND, 01110.-

v SHEET- METAL WHEEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 13, 1913. Serial No. 800,847.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN F. REYNOLDS, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Sheet-Metal \Vheels, of which I hereby declare the following to be a. full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the are to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The objects of the invention are to provide an entire metal wheel suitable for use with meumatic or hard rubber tires inautomobiles, and trucks. and in which a cast or otherwise constructed metal hub is provided with sheet metal spokes and rim.

Further objects are to provide a form of construction which is simple and combines lightness with strength. I

The invention comprises a.hollow metal hub and-tubular spokes and rim with the forms of construction and means for attaching the different parts together .as hereinafter described shown in the accompanying drawings and specifically pointed out in the,

claims.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 'is a side elevation partially brokenaway to show the manner of attaching'the spokes to the hub; Fig. 2 is asection-of, thewheel on line a2w Fig. l on an axial plane; Fig.3

is across section of a spoke Fig. 4 15a cross I appearance thereof.- These outer plates are and rim attached together; Figs. 6 and Tare similar views of these parts separated from each other.

In these views represents a hollow hub" preferably formed of cast metal, and provided with a hollow annular extension vB to which the spokes are attached.

' C and D are annular and'similar sheet metal members to which the integral-halves T- and T of the tubular spokes are integrally secured and integral with the outer extremities of the spokes are shown the half portions H, 'Hof the rim. These half portions of the spokes are attached together by suitableoverlapping edges and as shown n Figs. 2, 3, and 4 the edge of one portion is bent at a right angle at h, and the edge ofthe other portion is so bent at h as to inclose the edge of the first portion. A metal band'I' similarly attached to the .outer edges of the rim at h, h "further secures the partstogether and prevents them from spreading apart upon this band or felly rim,- the tire holding rim K-is sleeved when the wheel is s used in automobile work. The sheet metal members which form the separate halves of the spokesand rim are attached to the hub in the following manner: The separate half portions of the spokes are integrally attached to the-common annular central members C and D which overannular rib Land the sheet metal centers 1C and D are provided with correspondingannular grooves M which engage' with said ribs L, L, thus centering (he Spokes Sl ders S upon the hub alsoengage the inner edges of the central members. The ribs L, L receive the thrust of the spokes upon the hub and prevent a sudden blow. upon the rim from shearing off the, bolts that connect the spokes and hub. The extended portion of the hub is hollow at N and provided with staggered openings P, -P for the'reception of rivets or bolts Q, Q. Upon the exterior "surfaces of the' hub the. annular flanged, plates or disks R, R are secured. \vh'ic h -.cover the inner endsof the spokes and central connecting members therefor-,and are so shaped as to conform to the shape of the surface of the hlb and complete the'finishcd also provided with annular recesses 1-, 1', which engage the annular-ridges; formed upon thespoke centers when theannu'lar recesses mentioned. are formed therein." The rivets Q, Qjipass through the disks 1%. R, spoke centers C and D'a-nd the lateral extension oft-he hub and bind theparts s'ecurely together.v These. rivets are arranged in inner and outer series one series upon e'ach-side of each annular rilv. andhence thesheet meta-lfparts are bound. tightly upon said rib. The sheet metal membersforming the halves of the: rim and-spokes.- and their each side thereof, slieet metal members ,com-' 1' sing each a central spoke connecting member and radiating spoke portions and integral rim portions, a band connecting the necting members provided with annular re n'iembers, one series on each side of said annular rib.

2. In a heel, a metal hub, duplicate sheet metal portions including spoke portions,

central spoke connecting portions and integral runportions, said sheet metal portions having interlocking edges, annular es overlapping said annular ribs, on said 2 hub extensiomand two series ofbolts passthrough said hub extension and annularmembers sleeved over the ends of said hub, and overlapping said spoke connecting portions,said hub provided-with an annularextension and an annular rib on each side 7 thereof, and said sheet metal spoke connecting portions and overlapping annular members provided with annular recesses corresponding to said annular ribs,'-upon said hub, and bolts passing through said spoke connecting portions, annular members and hub, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand this 25th day of August 1913.

JOHN F. REYNOLDS.

In presence of L. I. LI'rzLER,

WM. M. MONROE. 

